The Very Small Array - status report
Abstract
We are contructing an interferometric telescope, the Very Small Array, to study the cosmic microwave background on angular scales 0.2--4.5 degrees. The physical layout and electronic design of the telescope are optimised to give maximum protection from systematic effects, while still providing sufficient sensitivity to make high signal-to-noise images. A prototype single baseline is currently being tested, with scientific results expected during 2000.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 1998
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9804175
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9804175
- Bibcode:
- 1998astro.ph..4175J
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures. To be published in proceedings of the 33rd Rencontres de Moriond, Fundamental Parameters in Cosmology